St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-25

rectOrS of the company and forwarded
to the steamship company for its in
dOrSement. The agreement is to be-
come effective within week or two.
There is every reason to believe that the
Union Pacific will soon build into Los
Angeles. The project has been under
consideration by the directors of the
road for some time, and now that the
boom is on in Southern California and
is attracting the attention of the whole
nation they are more anxious than ever!
to make start. The Union Pacific hasl
practically been advancing on Los An
geleS by slow strides by the extension ::
of its Utah Central line. There now re-
mains only about 700 miles of road to be
constructed, and the work would not
be of difficult character. The time
between Salt Lake City and Los An
geles would, by the building of this
road, be reduced to about twenty-eight
hours. 1t now requires double that
time to make the trip. The Union Pa
clfic would thus have a direct line to
three special fruit trans of ten cars
have left Sacramento for the East.
Since the first of the month 100 carloads
have gone East from the some point.
Nearly all of the fruit is billed to Chi
cagO. The Pacific railroad commission
arrived In San Francisco yesterday
afternoon and is stopping at the Palace
hotel. Curiosity runs high regarding
what will be develOpedi in the investiga-
ton at this end of the Pacific railroad
line.
AT REAL ESTATE OFFICES
In this city business is on the rush, and
agents without exception carry happy
faces. This is not so much due to the
present healthy tone of real estate as to
the heavy business that is looked for
ward to during the coming winter and
spring. The demand for such lands as
are apt to possess speculative value is
greater than the supply, showing conf
dence OF operators in rise this winter.
Outside lands find eager purchasers. In
fact business in these lots has become
so brisk that it may be said to have at
tanned the proportions of mild boom.
The Pacific coast army of eXcursionists
that are expected to traverse the Pacific
coast from Oregon to New Mexico
during the coming winter is mainly
responsible for this encouraging cOndi-
ton OF the real estate market. The sons
of Robert Garrett, president of the Bal
timOre IL Ohio railroad, who are now in
this city, are enjoying life in a manner
to which few American boys are accuS-
toned. They came here in a private
car last week after a leisure trip
throughout the state of Nevada. Fl.
Penn has charge of the three, and in the
capacity of tutor, has been instructing
them in American and Mexican geogra-
ply from the windows of their special
coach. The names of the boys are John
W., Harrison W. and Robert Garrett,
Jr. The young CARROTS will make a
complete tour of the state before return
ing East, and it is said that trip to
Oregon is among: their plans. Lieut..
James w. Graydon, the Well-known
DYNAMITE BOMB INVENTOR,
is likely to get into trouble in his haste
to procure divorce from his wife. In
few days ago in Indianapolis, sworn
to by him, he alleges that he did not
know where his wife was at the time
that the complaint was filed. Afidavits
are being prepared in this city stating
that Mrs. Grayd0n has received letters
from her husband within the past two
weeks, and that he must at least, have
known her address. The affidavits were
forwarded to indianapolis. with re-
quest that the lieutenant, be arrested for
perjury. Elliott F. Shepperd. son-in-
law of the late w. FL. Vanderbilt, and
family, of New York city, who have
Uccn VloiVillS fdIIOtS points OI interest,"
in California during the past three
weeks, left for Tacoma last Friday morn
ing, from which point the party pro-
ceeds to Alaska. They will spend ten
days sightseeing in Alaska, when they
will return to Portland and start for
home over the Northern Pacific, pos
sibly stopping at Yellowstone Park.
A sudden upward jump In wheat oc-
CURED at yesterdays session OF the call
board to the discontinue of the short
interest. Operations all through the
week were of spasmodic character.
Reactions followed each other, but the
decline was not equal to the rise, so that
the market steadied and advanced.
Yesterday the first sale of sellers Of
1887 contract was at s1.97 per GENITAL, but
it only took minute or SO to bring the
figure to 50 per Genital, at which it closed
strong. This is the highest price
reached this year. Sailors are very
scarce all along the coast. Hardly a
man can be obtained here, at Portland,
San Diego and San Francisco. A num-
Der of deep water vessels are now in
mid-stream waiting for crews, and there
is not much prospect of their getting
aWay soon,